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Good Neighbor Environmental Board Meeting Washington, D.C. March 14-15, 2006

AGENDA
DRAFT/DRAFT/DRAFT as of 2/17/06
Site: Double Tree Hotel Terrace Ballroom, 1515 Rhode Island Ave. N.W.,
Washington, D.C. (202) 232-7000

DAY 1- March 14, 2006
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m. Public/Press Event: Launch of Ninth Report to the President and Congress
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Meeting Begins
  Opening Remarks Senior Administration Officials
  Welcome and Self Introductions Paul Ganster, Chair

10:45 a.m.

 

Roundtables on Ninth Report
Topic: Feedback on Recommendations
10:45 - Air Quality and Transportation
11:45 – Cultural and Natural Resources
1:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m.

 

 

Speaker Briefings to Assist Board with Preparing Tenth Report
Topic: Balancing Border Security and Environmental Protection: How to Achieve Both
2:00 - Homeland Security Official
2:45 - Environmental Protection Official

3:30 p.m.

Break
  3:45 - NGO Official
4:30 - Private Sector Official
5:15 p.m. Public Comment Session
5:30 p.m. Day One Ends
DAY 2 - March 15, 2006
Business Meeting and Strategic Planning Session
7:30 a.m. Registration

8:00 a.m.

 

 

 

 

Business Meeting
- Approval of October 2005 Meeting Minutes
- New Member Self Introductions, Goals for Board Membership
- Dissemination Plan for Ninth Report
- Discussion of Tenth Report
          - Workgroup structure, process, responsibilities
          - Resource material
          - Set up first workgroup teleconference calls
          - Other logistics
  9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Consejo Update
10:30 a.m. Board member Report-Outs: Part 1

11:00 a.m.

 

Two Simultaneous Activities:
Tenth Report Workgroup Sessions in Conference Room and
Chair/DFO/Ninth Rpt. Workgroup Coordinators Depart for U.S.-Mexico Chamber Border Issues Conference
12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

  1:30 p.m.

Board member Report-Outs: Part 2
  2:00 p.m.


Annual Board Strategic Planning Session
- Review of Good Neighbor Activities During 2005
           - Successes
           - Areas to Strengthen

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m.

 


Strategic Planning Session Continues
- Development of GNEB 2006 Roadmap
          - Mission, Vision, Goals and Principles
          - Performance Measures
- Development of GNEB 2006 Work Grid
- Next Steps
5:00 p.m. Day-Two Meeting Ends

(Post-meeting activities: March 16, 2006 – Board members are welcome to set up additional meetings with federal government representatives to distribute Ninth Report.)

last update 2/21/05


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